^11 (A)For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields ^(B)the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

⁷ So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome ^(A)sores from ^(B)the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. ⁸ And he took ^(C)a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself while he sat in ^(D)the ashes.

⁹ Then his wife said to him, “Do you still ^(E)hold fast your integrity? ^(F)Curse God and die.” ¹⁰ But he said to her, “You speak as one of the ^(G)foolish women would speak. ^(H)Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?”^{[a] (I)}In all this Job did not ^(J)sin with his lips.